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countersubject
[ koun-ter-suhb-jikt ]
noun
Music.
- a theme in a fugue that occurs simultaneously with the second and often the subsequent themes of the main subject.
countersubject
/ ˈ°ì²¹ÊŠ²Ô³Ùəˌ²õÊŒ²ú»åÏôɪ°ì³Ù /
noun
- music (in a fugue) the theme in one voice that accompanies the statement of the subject in another
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of countersubject1
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Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
This is not an original device, but a classic one in the world of Western music theory, subject and countersubject.
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Obviously the process may be carried further, the first countersubject going on to a second when the subject enters in the third part and so on.
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